Table 5.

Specimens types tested for macrocyclic trichothecenes from patients exposed to molds and/or mycotoxins.

Specimen types	Negative Specimens	Positive specimens ≥ 2.0 ppb (ng/mL)	Number of specimens tested
Urine	223	437 #	660
Nasal secretions (includes sputa, nasal washes, BAL)	39	24	63
Tissue	18 *	14 **	32
Other	5^	9^^	14
Total:	285	475	769

^#Sixty-two percent of all positives show 0.2 − 1.0 ppb (ng/mL) in urine.

^*Bladder (1), ovary (1), brain (3), muscle (3), bone marrow clot (1), sinus biopsy (3), liver (3), and skin (3).

^**Sinus (2), lung (7), brain (2), skin (1), liver (1), ovary (1).

^{^}Spinal fluid (2), feces (1), breast milk (1), vaginal secretions (1).

^{^^}Ear fluid (2), sputum (4), spinal fluid (1), BAL (1).